EP 3384284 A4 20191016 - A SOIL SENSOR ASSEMBLY
Title (en)
A SOIL SENSOR ASSEMBLY
Title (de)
BODENSENSORANORDNUNG
Title (fr)
ENSEMBLE CAPTEUR DE SOL
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 201562262670 P 20151203
- US 201662339970 P 20160523
- IL 2016000022 W 20161201
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2017093991A1] A soil sensor assembly and methods of measuring undisturbed soil are disclosed. The soil sensor assembly can be a volumetric water content (VWC) sensor. The soil sensor assembly can include at least one soil probe. The soil probes can be secured to a support to enable an installation of the soil sensor assembly in a target soil. The soil probes can include helical blades secured concentrically along the support at predefined longitudinal locations. The soil probes can include at least one radiofrequency (RF) electrode secured to the helical blades at a predefined radial distance from a longitudinal axis of the support. The soil sensor assembly can also include at least one electronics unit coupled to the RF electrodes to receive and/or transmit RF signals from the RF electrodes. The soil sensor assembly can enable a self-tapping installation action and/or enable alienating the soil measurements (e.g., by RF electrodes) away from a disturbed soil.
IPC 8 full level
A01G 25/16 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A01G 25/167 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 27/223 (2013.01 - US); G01N 33/246 (2013.01 - EP US); G01R 27/26 (2013.01 - US)
Citation (search report)
- [XA] US 5442293 A 19950815 - LANGE JAMES N [US]
- [A] US 2015168594 A1 20150618 - CHANG CHENG-HUNG [TW]
- [A] US 4445788 A 19840501 - TWERSKY MARVIN [US], et al
- [A] WO 2012052165 A1 20120426 - CARRAVETTA ARMANDO [IT], et al
- [A] US 2004083833 A1 20040506 - HITT DALE K [US], et al
- See references of WO 2017093991A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2017093991 A1 20170608; AU 2016362828 A1 20180712; CN 109154590 A 20190104; EP 3384284 A1 20181010; EP 3384284 A4 20191016; EP 3384284 B1 20210908; RU 2018124002 A 20200113; US 10736281 B2 20200811; US 10765073 B2 20200908; US 2018352760 A1 20181213; US 2020000050 A1 20200102; US 2021051867 A1 20210225
DOCDB simple family (application)
IL 2016000022 W 20161201; AU 2016362828 A 20161201; CN 201680080525 A 20161201; EP 16870113 A 20161201; RU 2018124002 A 20161201; US 201615781349 A 20161201; US 201916514116 A 20190717; US 202017012365 A 20200904